Derek Bryant (baseball)
Derek Bryant | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Lexington, Kentucky | October 9, 1951|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
debut | |
April 24, 1979, for the Oakland Athletics | |
Last appearance | |
September 19, 1979, for the Oakland Athletics | |
Career statistics | |
Batting average | .179 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 13 |
Teams | |
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Member of the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 2010 |
Derek Roszell Bryant is a former professional baseball player. He played in 39 games in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics in 1979, primarily as an outfielder. He currently serves as manager of the Sultanes de Monterrey in the Mexican League.
Bryant spent his entire career, from 1973 until 1981, in the Athletics organization. During his lone big league season, he batted .179 with three extra base hits in 108 at bats.
Bryant has managed in the Mexican League on and off since 1988, mostly with the Sultanes de Monterrey (1988, 1995–98, 2001–02). In 1999, he managed the High Desert Mavericks in the Arizona Diamondbacks farm system. After his last stint with Monterrey, Bryant has managed the Acereros de Monclova (2003), the Saraperos de Saltillo (2004–07, 2012), the Vaqueros Laguna (2009–10) and the Olmecas de Tabasco (2012).
Sources
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- 1951 births
- Living people
- African-American baseball players
- Baseball players from Kentucky
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Alijadores de Tampico players
- Arizona Diamondbacks scouts
- Astros de Tampico players
- Birmingham A's players
- Burlington Bees players
- Caribbean Series managers
- Chattanooga Lookouts players
- Chicago White Sox scouts
- Kentucky Wildcats baseball players
- Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
- Minor league baseball managers
- Oakland Athletics players
- Ogden A's players
- San Jose Missions players
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- Sultanes de Monterrey players
- Tacoma Tigers players
- Tigres del México players
- Tomateros de Culiacán players
- University of Kentucky alumni
- Vancouver Canadians players